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11-25-2011, 03:36 PM
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What bassist, or bassists, have the best Jazz bass tone, in your opinion? I'm on a quest for tone, and am trying to define THE Jazz bass tone.
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11-25-2011, 03:39 PM
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treble pup full on
bass pup backed off 1/4 |
11-25-2011, 03:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Garrett151  What bassist, or bassists, have the best Jazz bass tone, in your opinion? I'm on a quest for tone, and am trying to define THE Jazz bass tone. | Define best.
And THE.
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11-25-2011, 03:41 PM
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sales geek Portland Music co. | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: portland or | | | Anything with Jaco for the classic bridge position pickup sound. Anything with Marcus Miller but ESP the live We Want Miles -Miles Davis album for the slap tone. Tim Commorford's (sp?) work in Audioslave for an awesome rock J bass tone. GeDDy Lee on the current live album is killer also for that both pickups wide open sound.
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Last edited by klaus486 : 11-25-2011 at 10:20 PM.
Reason: REALLY BAD TYPING SKILZ
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11-25-2011, 03:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Jeff Scott Define best.
And THE. | Hahahaha I knew this was coming. You ask guys on TB to state their opinion, and suddenly they want dictionary definitions 
I'm just playing, but really, I just want opinions.
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11-25-2011, 03:50 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Gainesville, FL | | | Juan Alderte from the Mars Volta nails an awesome Jazz Bass tone. I agree also on Timmy C.
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11-25-2011, 03:52 PM
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11-25-2011, 03:56 PM
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11-25-2011, 03:57 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Woodland Hills, California | | | Jaco on The Birthday Concert.
For anyone that hasn't heard that album, do yourself a favor and check it out. He has a fat, throaty sound that is very different from the thinner bridge tone he is normally associated with. |
11-25-2011, 03:57 PM
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Originally Posted by grrg63 JPJ | +1 |
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11-25-2011, 04:13 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Pennsylvania | | | Geddy on Moving Pictures, Jaco as was mentioned, Marcus Miller |
11-25-2011, 04:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Duckwater | Great post! These videos are fun
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11-25-2011, 06:29 PM
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11-25-2011, 07:24 PM
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imo there are lots of J bass players with great tone, too many to list actually.
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11-25-2011, 07:27 PM
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Jaco Pastorius (especially his Joni Mitchell period)
Mark Egan (early Pat Metheny Group period)
John Paul Jones (early Zep period)
Some recordings I have done with a '72 AV Jazz Bass comes to mind. 
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11-25-2011, 07:33 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Québec | | | What's freakin awesome with the jazz is that it can sound so different with just a few tweaks. It can go from Marcus Miller to Aston Family man ....how cool is that.
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11-25-2011, 09:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Duckwater | thanks for posting all those. Very informative! 
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